With just seven months of the year gone, nearly twice as many cyclists have been killed in the Republic this year compared to all of last year.
Gardai are appealing for witnesses after a 50-year-old cyclist died in hospital last night after being struck by a car in Dublin yesterday evening.
The incident brings to nine the number of cyclists killed on the Republic’s roads so far this year, compared to five in all of last year.
The man was hit by a car at around 5pm on the southbound carriageway of M1 near Swords. The collision occurred between junctions 4 at Donabate and junction 3 at Swords.
The injured man was taken by ambulance to Beaumont Hospital in north Dublin and was pronounced dead at the hospital last night. The occupants of the car were uninjured.
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Anyone with information is asked to contact Coolock Garda station on 01-6664200, Swords Garda station on 01-6664700 or the Garda Confidential Line, 1800 666 111.
Last evening’s crash not only brings to nine the number cycling fatalities this year, but also means three have lost their lives in July alone.
On Wednesday, July 9th, a woman was killed after being knocked from her bike by an articulated truck in Limerick City.
The fatal collision occurred at 7.30am on the junction of Rutland Street, Fr Matthew Bridge and Charlotte’s Quay.
The emergency services were alerted immediately and while paramedics arrived in a bid to save the victim, she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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On Wednesday, July 2nd, a 48-year-old man from Togher, Co Cork, hit a bollard on Shandon St, Cork city, at around 5:40pm.
There was nobody else involved in that crash and it appeared the man sustained head injuries that later proved fatal.
Just five days earlier, on Friday, June 27th, a 32-year-old man died while cycling when he was hit by a car at Ballyvoile, Stradbally, Co Waterford, at approximately 6.50pm.
On May 17th a man in his 40s died after being hit by a car from behind when cycling on the Ballaghadreen Road, about 2km outside Ballyhaunis in Co Mayo.
In Co Galway on April 23rd a cyclist in his 60s died when he was hit by a BMW on the Gort Road in Loughrea.
On February 3rd, a woman who was struck by a car the previous week in Tralee, Co Kerry, died in hospital from her injuries. The victim, in her 40s, was cycling from her own home in Tralee to visit a relative in the town.
On January 27th, a cyclist died when he was knocked from his bike in evening rush hour traffic in Dublin. That collision occurred at City West Road, Brownsbarn Roundabout, Saggart, just before 5.30pm.
Another cyclist in his 40s was struck by a car at the Kilmurray roundabout in Castletroy on the outskirts of Limerick City on Wednesday, January 8th, and later died from his injuries.
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